Spence v. Spence

Littlejohn, Justice:

On August 4, 1972, the Family Court of Greenville County granted to the plaintiff-wife a divorce a vinculo matrimonii from the defendant-husband on the ground of adultery. South Carolina Code § 20-101(1) (1962). The parties agreed that their four adopted children “shall have the right, from time to time, to live with the parent of their choice.”

They elected to stay with their father, the defendant.

In his final order of November 1, 1972, disposing of the remaining issues, the judge held, “that the Plaintiff is not now in need of alimony in that she has sufficient income and…